The New Balance RunningLane XC Championship will take place on Saturday, December 6th at Huntsville, Alabama! Here are the names to look out for on the boys' side for Colorado!
At the top of the list is Aiden Le Roux of Cheyenne Mountain High School, who will look to try and win the race. His senior year was definitely not what he expected, but he is slowly coming back from some pretty tough injuries. Le Roux raced at the Nike Southwest Regional and finished in a respectable time of 15:13. Le Roux went out conservative the first part of the race and was moving up very well after the first mile. However, he did lose his shoe during the race, which caused him to drop back after mile two, so there is definitely a lot more potential from Le Roux. He will use this race as a tune up for the Brooks XC National Championship, which will take place on Saturday, December 13th at Balboa Park in San Diego.
Next is Lukas Remeikis of Summit High School, who is coming into this race with a time of 14:42! He most recently ran 15:27 at the Nike Southwest Regional and also placed 7th at the CO Class 4A XC State Championship. With those two good performances, Remeikis is riding good momentum going into this race. 
A couple other names riding good momentum are Lucas Wik of Boulder High School and Ben Olds of Palmer Ridge High School. First, Wik recently qualified for the Brooks XC National Championship after finishing 8th overall in a time of 15:29 at the midwest regional. When considering the technicality of the Kenosha course, running in the cold and snow, and snow all over the course, that time is incredibly impressive. Wik will also use this race as a good tune up before the National XC Championship the following week. Boulder High School also will look to try and win the championship division as the majority of their varsity squad will be racing. (Pictured above: Wik (in the center) finishing 8th overall at the Brooks Midwest Regional Championship, Photo Credit: Elizabeth Schreiber). 
For Olds, this sophomore put together a phenomenal race at the Nike XC Southwest Regional Championship. He ran 15:22 to win the Medium School division and was the fastest non-championship racer from Colorado. The team also finished 3rd overall in the Medium School division and will look to see how they can do in the championship division as a team. (Pictured to the right: Olds finishing first in the Medium School division, Photo Credit: Tim McDonald).
Finally, one other name to look out for is Noah Thompson of Lewis-Palmer High School. He comes in with a PR of 14:32 and also a 5th place finish at the Class 4A XC State Championship. He also ran 15:23 at the Nike Southwest Regional. Thompson has finished just ahead of Remeikis the last few races of the fall season, so expect him to be right around the Summit junior.